UUCY Book Club
Historical Fiction Selected for Next Book Club Discussion
The September gathering of our UUCY Book Club found a dozen members, friends and guests in lively discussion of the personal memoir of a cross-culture adoptee. The next book will shift us to historical fiction in a prize-winning novel by a celebrated author.
The first week of October, Susan Kaphammer will have eight copies of March from the Yakima Valley Libraries Book Club kit to distribute. Copies are also available in print, electronic and Large Print editions from the Yakima Valley Libraries, and from Inklings Bookshop; indicate it is a book club selection for a discount.
Then plan to meet on Thursday, November 17, 2024, at 5:00 PM at our church home at 407 N 1st Street, Suite 3 to share your thoughts and reactions to the novel.
March by Geraldine Brooks
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize–a powerful love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War.
An extraordinary novel woven out of the lore of American history… From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has animated the character of the absent father, March, and crafted a story “filled with the ache of love and marriage and with the power of war upon the mind and heart of one unforgettable man” (Sue Monk Kidd).
With “pitch-perfect writing” (USA Today), Brooks follows March as he leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause in the Civil War. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs.
A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time, March secures Geraldine Brooks’s place as a renowned author of historical fiction.
“A beautifully wrought story….Gripping….A taut plot, vivid characters and provocative issues.”— Heller McAlpin, Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Inspired… A disturbing, supple, and deeply satisfying story, put together with craft and care and imagery worthy of a poet.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Brooks’s affecting, beautifully written novel drives home the intimate horrors and ironies of the Civil War and the difficulty of living honestly with the knowledge of human suffering.. “ –_Publishers Weekly
Buy or borrow your book! The first week of October, Susan Kaphammer will have eight copies of March from the Yakima Valley Libraries Book Club kit to distribute. Copies are also available in print, electronic and Large Print editions from the Yakima Valley Libraries, and from Inklings Bookshop; indicate it is a book club selection for a discount.
Book description and reviews excerpted from yvl.org and Inklings Bookshop website.